Mop-wringer



(No Model.)

H. A. WOLFF MOP WRINGER.

No. 603,547. Patented May 3,1898

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TJNTTED STATES PATENT ,FFICEQ HERRMANN A. WOLFF, OF NEW HAVEN,CONNECTICUT.

MOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,547, dated May 8,1898. Application filed September 23, 1897. $erial No. 652,764. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERRMANN A. WOLFF, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedMop-Wringer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a mop-wringer especiallyadapted for use in connection with a mop, an application for LettersPatent for which has been filed concurrently herewith; and a furtherobject of the invention is to provide a mop-wringer so constructed thatit may be applied readily to a bucket or a like receptacle and by meansof which the absorbent material of the mop may be expeditiously andconveniently compressed to such an extent as to force all of the Waterand the greater portion of the moisture from said absorbent material,leaving the mop when removed from the wringer in a condition to take upa further supply of fluid, so that the floor or other surface will beleft comparatively dry, the mop-wringer being, furthermore, soconstructed that all of the liquid pressed from the body of the mop willbe received within the bucket or'other receptacle upon which the wringeris placed.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved wringer applied to apail. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the body portion of the Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the mop-receptacle removed from the body of thewringer. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the wringer and the pailto which it is applied, showing the mop in position to be wrung; and

5 Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through the back portion of the mop,the section being taken at the central portion of the said receptacle.

All parts of the wringer are preferably 0 made of metal, and the wringercomprises, practically, a body A and a mop-receptacle B. The body Aconsists of a back section 10,

which is usually curved transversely, and two opposing side sections orwings 11, which extend forwardly from the back, the wings or sidesections 11 being ordinarily of less length than the body. Each wing orside section 11 of the body is provided at its bottom with aninwardly-extending horizontal flange and at the lower portion of itsfront vertical edge with an inwardly-extending vertical flange 11, as isbest shown in Fig. 2.

An opening 12 is made in each horizontal flange 1O near its connectionwith the vertical flange 11 and in the upper edge of each verticalflange a slot 13 is produced. Cleats 14 are sec ured to the back portionof the body, which cleats are so shaped that they will receive the upperportion of a pail, the body of the pail entering between the cleats andthe rear face of the back sections of the body, as shown in Fig. 4. Themop-receptacle B is made of a perforated or reticulated material andconsists of a rearwardly-inclined back 16, a bottom 17, which ispreferably given a slight upward inclination, and a front 18, having anoutwardly-extending flange 19 at its upper edge. The bottom 17 of themop-receptacle rests upon the horizontal flanges 10 of the body, and theside edges of the front portion bear against the vertical flanges 11 ofthe body when the mop-receptacle is placed in position thereon.

In the front face of the front section of the mop-receptacle, near eachof its side edges, a lug 20 is formed, and these lugs when themop-receptacle is in place in the body enter the slots 13 in thevertical flanges 11, while studs 21, formed upon the bottom of themopreceptacle, will enter the openings 12 in the horizontal flanges 10,as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

Upon the front of the back section 16 of the mop-receptacle, near thecentral portion of its upper edge, an angular stop 22 is located. Thesaid stop 22 is provided with vertical slots 23 in its upper member,which member is in engagement with the mop-receptacle, the other memberof the stop extending over the bottom portion of the receptacle. Bolts24 or their equivalents are passed through the slots 25, made in theback of the mop-receptacle.

In operation the mop-head C is made to enter beneaththeforwardly-extending member of the stop 22, as shown in Fig. 4:, theabsorbent material of the mop being bunched up and supported by thefront and bottom portions of the said receptacle. By carrying themop-handle forward and downward, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4,the mop-head will be held in the wringer, while the liquid will bepressed from the absorbent material of the mop, and said liquid willflow into the pail 15, on which the wringer is mounted, through theopenings in the mop-receptacle.

The mop-receptacle is readily detachable from the body in order that itmay be conveniently and thoroughly cleaned, the said receptacle beingprevented from sliding upward on the body by causing a nut 27, located011 a bolt 28, to enter a recess 26 in the upper edge of the back of thesaid receptacle. The bolt 28 is passed through the back portion of thebody of the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. In a mop-wringer, the combination, with a bodyportion open at the front and provided with supporting-ledges, of aperforated mopreceptacle arranged to have bearing upon said ledges, anda stop carried by the mop-receptacle, which stop extends over the bottomof the said receptacle, and is adapted for engagement with a mop-head,for the purpose set forth.

2. In a mop-wringer, the combination, with a body comprising a back andside wings, of a perforated mop-receptacle, means for securing the saidreceptacle in the said body between its wings, and a stop attached tothe back portion of the mop-receptacle, the stop being of angularformation, one of its members extending in direction of the bottom ofthe mop-receptacle, for the purpose specified.

3. In a mop-wringer, the combination, with a body comprising a backsection and wingsections, the wing-sections being provided withhorizontal bottom flanges and vertical flanges at the front, of aperforated mopreceptacle arranged for locking engagement with theflanges of the wings, the mop-receptacle comprising a back forwardly anddownwardly inclined, a bottom portion and a front portion,the bottom andfront portions of the mop-receptacle being provided with means forlocking engagement with the said flanges of the wings, and a stopsecured to the back portion of the mop, a member of the stop extendingover the bottom portion of the said mop-receptacle, for the purposespecified.

4. In a mop-wringer, the combination, with a body comprising a back andside wings, the back portion being provided with clamps for engagementwith a vessel, of a mop-receptacle provided with perforations, andcomprising an inclined back, a slightly-inclined bottom and an inclinedfront, a locking engagement between the mop-receptacle and the saidbody, and a stop attached to the body, a member of the said stopextending forwardly over the bottom portion of the said mop-receptacle,for the purpose specified.

5. In a mop-wringer, the combination, with a body comprising a back andside wings, horizontal flanges secured to the bottom portions of thewings of the body, and vertical flanges attached to the vertical edgesof the said wings, connecting with the horizontal flanges, thehorizontal flanges being formed with apertures and the vertical flangeswith slots, and means for attaching the body to a vessel, of aperforated mop-receptacle provided with projections from its bottom,arranged to enter the openings in the horizontal flanges, and likewiseprovided with lugs at its front, arranged to enter the slots in thevertical flanges of the wings, and a stop adjustably attached to theback portion of the mop-receptacle, the stop being angular incross-section and a member of said stop being carried forwardly over thebottom portion of the mop-receptacle, for the purpose specified.

HERRMANN A. WOLFE.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. AOKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

